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You book a check-up: what to say in Czech
You book a preventive check-up.
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How it's done. A preventivní prohlídka is a preventive check-up (once every two years at the GP, paid by the insurer); ask: Hradí to pojišťovna?Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Dobrý den, chtěl{|a} bych se objednat na preventivní prohlídku.
DOH-brih dayn, khtyehl bikh seh OH-byehd-nuht nuh PREH-vayn-teev-nee PROG-leet-koo.
Good day, I'd like to book a preventive check-up.
Or say:Dobrý den, mám nárok na preventivní prohlídku?
DOH-brih dayn, mahm NAH-rok nuh PREH-vayn-teev-nee PROG-leet-koo?
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Samozřejmě. U které jste pojišťovny?SAH-mozr-zhaym-nyeh. Oo KTEH-reh ysteh POY-eesh-tyov-nih?
Of course. Which insurer are you with?
They might also say:
Ano, je to možné. Jakou máte pojišťovnu?
AH-noh, yeh toh MOZH-neh. YAH-koh-oo MAH-teh POY-eesh-tyov-noo?
Yes, that's possible. Which insurer do you have?
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YOU FINISH
Jsem u Všeobecné zdravotní pojišťovny.
Ysem oo FSHEH-oh-bets-neh ZDRAH-vot-nee POY-eesh-tyov-nih.
I'm with the General Health Insurance Company.
THEY SAY
Dobře, tu prohlídku hradí pojišťovna.DOBR-zheh, too PROG-leet-koo GRAH-dee POY-eesh-tyov-nuh.
Good, the insurer pays for that check-up.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
bych
bikh
verb
would
objednat
OH-byehd-nuht
verb
to order, to book
preventivní
PREH-vayn-teev-nee
adjective
preventive
prohlídku
PROG-leet-koo
noun
check-up (accusative)
14 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?
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